Minakshi Verma
Department of Pharmacy, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur
Amita Tilak
Department of Pharmacy, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur
Ranjana Sharma
Department of Pharmacy, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur
Ashish Kumar Gupta
Department of Pharmacy, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 is also known as COVID-19, which is a kind of viral pneumonia which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, also called as SARS-CoV-2. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified amid an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. It was initially reported to the WHO on December 31, 2019. On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global health emergency. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, its first such designation since declaring H1N1 influenza a pandemic in 2009. It is transmitted by inhalation or contact with infected droplets. The incubation period ranges from 2-14 days. As reported by worldometer.info dated on 6th June on 10:00AM, 2020, total no of active cases was 6859597, out of which no of deaths was 398244 in the world. Where as reported by government of India dated on 6th June on 10:00AM, 2020, total no of active cases 115942, out of which no of deaths was 6642.
Keywords: Breakthrough of Corona virus, COVID-19, Pathophysiology, Wuhan.